If Khan beat Barrera

**gingeralbino** · 03-14-2009, 10:18 AM

depends on how MAB looks.
Eubank was well past his best was still put up a good fight.
MAB is obv. past his best, but if he fights like Oscar v Pac then Khan gets little credit, if he gives Khan a good fight then he should get as much credit as Joe for the Eubank win
Thats a bog IF though. This really could go either way.

**hammerhiem** · 03-14-2009, 10:22 AM

No, but not for the reason stated in the poll, MAB isn't shot.

MAB is a super bantamweight not a lightweight and even in his hayday would have struggled to cope with the size of someone like Khan.

Eubank went on to push a very game CW champion to the limit twice, I had Eubank winning the first fight and well ahead when he was stopped in the second.

**Abstraction** · 03-14-2009, 10:28 AM

Nobody really rates Joe's win over Eubank.

Eubank never was 2-5 before he faced Calzaghe, and if i am correct was training to fight for CW. Not to mention he lost his next 2 bouts to Carl Thomson. He was Shot by then.

Like someone said, depends how Barrera looks. He is not shot, but he is passed it. One can argue it may be a Hatton-kosta tszyu

**alza1988** · 03-14-2009, 10:35 AM

Originally posted by fitty_mafioso

If Khan beats Barrera, would the win be considered as good as Joe Calzaghes win over Eubank

No chance . Calzaghe ended up 46-0 . Khan just got ko'd in the first round off a complete unknown .

**fitty_mafioso** · 03-14-2009, 10:38 AM

Originally posted by minion

Nobody really rates Joe's win over Eubank.

Eubank never was 2-5 before he faced Calzaghe, and if i am correct was training to fight for CW. Not to mention he lost his next 2 bouts to Carl Thomson. He was Shot by then.

Like someone said, depends how Barrera looks. He is not shot, but he is passed it. One can argue it may be a Hatton-kosta tszyu

nah i dont think it can rate as highly as hatton-tszyu, tszyu was coming off a destruction of sharmba mitchell and was rated highly pound for pound.

**Shanks** · 03-14-2009, 10:49 AM

i really dont know which way this fight is going

**The Hammer** · 03-14-2009, 11:15 AM

Originally posted by fitty_mafioso

If Khan beats Barrera, would the win be considered as good as Joe Calzaghes win over Eubank

No, because Barrera is way past his prime, perhaps shot, after all his wars.

Eubank was only 31, and had not been in nearly so many tough fights. He didn't appear to be past prime or shot at all in the fight with Calzaghe.

**gingeralbino** · 03-14-2009, 11:34 AM

Originally posted by Gene Tunney

No, because Barrera is way past his prime, perhaps shot, after all his wars.

Eubank was only 31, and had not been in nearly so many tough fights. He didn't appear to be past prime or shot at all in the fight with Calzaghe.

Like I said before, Eubank wasn't shot against Joe, but he was not prime, no-where near. He made a good fight of it but put the Joe who was in the ring that night with a prime Eubank and Eubank wins. Prime for prime, I'd give it to Joe, he was still pretty green when he took on Eubank.
On another note, I cant see Khan ever getting good enough to be concidered good enough to beat a Barrera prime for prime in a mythical p4p match up.

**PAC-BOY** · 03-14-2009, 11:40 AM

Originally posted by fitty_mafioso

If Khan beats Barrera, would the win be considered as good as Joe Calzaghes win over Eubank

I dont know. I didnt know A win over Eubank was a big deal.

If Khan beat Barrera